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paul ryan is 27 years younger than joe biden. he has youth going for him. does biden have the speed and accuracy. finally, not like the old days. look look back at some real television history. 1956, john gets arrested in 1964 our own dan rather gets bounced in 1968. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, john heilemann, katty kay, helene cooper and joe klein. first up, mitt romney may not have been the love of their life, now he is out in the arena has the republican's champion, a political gladiator who has now thrown down his gauntlet. >> this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. this president can tell us that the next four years he'll get it right. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. chris: john, that is it, that's the gauntlet, can the president and what will he do to answer that charge that he has not made things better? >> is a perennial questions in elections and the case of romney against obama. explicitly and implicitly
paul ryan is 27 years younger than joe biden. he has youth going for him. does biden have the speed and accuracy. finally, not like the old days. look look back at some real television history. 1956, john gets arrested in 1964 our own dan rather gets bounced in 1968. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, john heilemann, katty kay, helene cooper and joe klein. first up, mitt romney may not have been the love of their life, now he is out in the arena has the republican's...
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i mean, we have republican leaders of congress like paul ryan what have felt it necessary to go out and give speeches about this in a way that six months ago they never would have. so i think that at least for 2012 that the occupy wall street movement will have a significant effect on the national dialogue, while the tea party movement far more effectively actually politically is organizing. i think that's fair. >> i'll stay around to visit with you and see you on politico.com. thank you, steve schmidt, and anita dunn. thank you for participating. >>> coming up, a summit looking at cyber security and overseas voting by members of the military. after that, several programs on the department of defense budget starting with a look at the automatic cuts set to take effect january 2, 2013. also a couple of briefings looking at the army and air force budgets. >>> next a summit exploring new technologies and ways of approaching problems in overseas and military voting. you'll hear first from the vice president and general manager of enterprise security at hewlett-packard. he spoke about cyber
i mean, we have republican leaders of congress like paul ryan what have felt it necessary to go out and give speeches about this in a way that six months ago they never would have. so i think that at least for 2012 that the occupy wall street movement will have a significant effect on the national dialogue, while the tea party movement far more effectively actually politically is organizing. i think that's fair. >> i'll stay around to visit with you and see you on politico.com. thank you,...
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so paul ryan's going to have to make a case. he's going to have to convince people and obviously the democrats are going to say to 65, 70-year-olds in florida that he's going to take away medicare. it's not true. but he's going to have to deal with that. it's a political challenge. >> how do you do that and still maintain tax cuts for the wealthy and call it shared? >> i think the reality of the country's fiscal condition, and you're not going to hear republicans say this in the campaign, but the reality is that programs are going to get cut. and taxes are going to go up. and it's necessary to do in order to get the country back on track. >> so taxes will have to go up, but they can't say it through the campaign? >> you can't say it during the campaign because the base would be in revolt. but you came i think very, very close to what was described as the grand bargain agreement between boehner, between the president that would have done exactly that. >> well, you're an honest man. i don't see how you do it without dealing with t
so paul ryan's going to have to make a case. he's going to have to convince people and obviously the democrats are going to say to 65, 70-year-olds in florida that he's going to take away medicare. it's not true. but he's going to have to deal with that. it's a political challenge. >> how do you do that and still maintain tax cuts for the wealthy and call it shared? >> i think the reality of the country's fiscal condition, and you're not going to hear republicans say this in the...
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here's paul ryan. he doesn't have to talk about what he would do as vice president, what his goals would be in terms of bipartisanship. he actually has a record in the congress of putting together a budget that got an overwhelming majority of conservative and moderate and liberal republicans behind that budget, and he was able to put together a medicare reform proposal, not just with republicans, but with the liberal democrat from oregon named ron widen and a bipartisan medicare proposal, in sharp contrast from the president who has had failed leadership of putting together a budget deficit reduction plan. >> i just -- i do think, you know, putting together a budget that has the support of a bunch of republicans is not exactly -- no sdemts not a calling card for bipartisanship. >> i'll just tell you this though. i think it's very interesting who mitt romney who did a bunch of this in massachusetts has made that one of his calling cards and conservatives in the party are not revolting. i think they like
here's paul ryan. he doesn't have to talk about what he would do as vice president, what his goals would be in terms of bipartisanship. he actually has a record in the congress of putting together a budget that got an overwhelming majority of conservative and moderate and liberal republicans behind that budget, and he was able to put together a medicare reform proposal, not just with republicans, but with the liberal democrat from oregon named ron widen and a bipartisan medicare proposal, in...
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paul ryan and -- >> what does paul ryan believes? what is his position? if he's against abortion, how does it differ? and if he believes in personhood, doesn't matter how you become a person, by his standard, you still can't have an abortion. that's what he says. >> there are a lot of people who believe that abortion is wrong regardless of the circumstances of the pregnancy. but that has nothing to do with these crazy comments from todd akin. you -- to conflate them, that's trying to take this mess that's happened in missouri, this horrible thing and stick it onto romney. >> i don't have any problems conflating, because it's the same thing. let me go to steve. if you say a person's a person, under the law, after conception, you can't have an abortion in any circumstance. that would be murder. once you get to this step of personhood, you are getting right into the common law notion of what a murder. >> right. and i think the personhood amendment is not something most would support. or think is a very good idea. i do think todd raises a legitimate point by
paul ryan and -- >> what does paul ryan believes? what is his position? if he's against abortion, how does it differ? and if he believes in personhood, doesn't matter how you become a person, by his standard, you still can't have an abortion. that's what he says. >> there are a lot of people who believe that abortion is wrong regardless of the circumstances of the pregnancy. but that has nothing to do with these crazy comments from todd akin. you -- to conflate them, that's trying...
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of paul ryan. if he goes onto be vice president or if they lose, he has a big future in the republican party. he's going to be a player in republican politics for the next generation. >> how can the campaign both be super happy with him and there be no rift and the campaign be telling politico actually we wanted chris christie? i don't know how the stories come to be. i'm sure somebody is talking to somebody at politico saying we wish it was chris christie. but i have no idea. i doubt very much that's mitt romney's thoughts. he could have picked chris christie. there was no disqualifying reason why he didn't pick chris christie. he went with the first choice. and that was clearly paul ryan. >> so why are the leaks happening at all? to me the truth of the leak, whether or not paul ryan really is going to become a university professor and set himself up for the presidency if they lose this year seems beside this point what is important at this point is people close to him are putting that out there a
of paul ryan. if he goes onto be vice president or if they lose, he has a big future in the republican party. he's going to be a player in republican politics for the next generation. >> how can the campaign both be super happy with him and there be no rift and the campaign be telling politico actually we wanted chris christie? i don't know how the stories come to be. i'm sure somebody is talking to somebody at politico saying we wish it was chris christie. but i have no idea. i doubt...
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paul ryan is who he is. paul ryan said proudly year after year, week after week, day after day, he said there's nobody in congress more pro-life than me. and as cynthia said, he supported the amendments you're talking about. one reason there's pressure from the ranks to get todd akin off the stage is that he reminds everybody of where paul ryan was until a few minutes ago and probably still is. >> you know, this is what -- let's take a look at what howard just said. top republicans, reince priebus and senators mitch mcconnell and john cornyn are urging akin to reevaluate his candidacy. that's politics speak for inviting him to get out. the senate campaign committee has said it will stop supporting his race as did karl rove, but this afternoon, akin tweeted i am in this race to win. we need a conservative senate. help me defeat claire by donating. then he seems to leave the door open in a raging interview with hannity. let's listen. >> all of those things have to be taken a good look at and i appreciate your
paul ryan is who he is. paul ryan said proudly year after year, week after week, day after day, he said there's nobody in congress more pro-life than me. and as cynthia said, he supported the amendments you're talking about. one reason there's pressure from the ranks to get todd akin off the stage is that he reminds everybody of where paul ryan was until a few minutes ago and probably still is. >> you know, this is what -- let's take a look at what howard just said. top republicans,...
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they like him because he picked paul ryan. now, what romney has to do is sell the 10% or so of undecided voters out there who are going to see him for the first time. you have to be impressed by his refusal to fail. by his refusal to go away. by his refusal to take no for an answer. >> he's relentless. >> at some point, that has to be regarded as a virtue. >> is he lowering the bar by saying i'm just a place holder on the way to ryanism? >> i don't think he's putting that forward. it may turn out to be true, but the other thing you have to admire in him and the white house does. he kills wealth. and that's not unimportant. that's the thing he did more better than anything else was raise a ton of money and killed everything that got in his way and being a killer in politics. >> so right. >> i think that's the way you get elected in many local offices. make sure nobody else is alive, politically. thank you, howard finemanme. john heilemann. coming up, at the republican national convention, paul ryan likes to say he's speaking th
they like him because he picked paul ryan. now, what romney has to do is sell the 10% or so of undecided voters out there who are going to see him for the first time. you have to be impressed by his refusal to fail. by his refusal to go away. by his refusal to take no for an answer. >> he's relentless. >> at some point, that has to be regarded as a virtue. >> is he lowering the bar by saying i'm just a place holder on the way to ryanism? >> i don't think he's putting...
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if conservatives are punting for paul ryan and his specifics, let's just remind everyone what paul ryan has proposed for his budget over the next several years. most famous was his 2011 program to turn medicare into a voucher program that would drive up out of pocket costs for seniors and make it hard to get insurance policies for somebody in their 70s or 80s. two of every $3 of that suggest savings would come from programs for the poor such as medicaid and food stamps. pell grants would also take a hit that's for kids who kand afort college. do the same while reducing individual and corporate rates which would give the lion share of tax cut rights to the richest americans. you talk about redrtion, joan and gene. this is a redrtion plan from the bottom to the top. i wouldn't throw that word redistribution around if i were mitt romney because his parpter in in happiness apparently like to do that. >> we've been doing it for 30 years, chris. we've been shoveling money from the bottom to the top. and, you know, that is exactly what they want to do, and i think they are paying the price bec
if conservatives are punting for paul ryan and his specifics, let's just remind everyone what paul ryan has proposed for his budget over the next several years. most famous was his 2011 program to turn medicare into a voucher program that would drive up out of pocket costs for seniors and make it hard to get insurance policies for somebody in their 70s or 80s. two of every $3 of that suggest savings would come from programs for the poor such as medicaid and food stamps. pell grants would also...
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ryan of wisconsin as his running mate, the same paul ryan whose budget plan makes massive cuts in the social safety net, leaves defense alone and passes most of the savings to the wealthy. it's a pick that cements romney with the right, it gives his campaign the spring of enthusiasm, it desperately needs, and i believe a spine of conviction. this election will no longer be just about president obama. mitt romney has lashed himself to ryan's budget and his kandzsy may live or die based on whether romney can defend it. joining me is the moderator of nbc's memory david gregory and nbc's political director, chuck todd, he's also white house correspondent. let's start with david. i guess i want a judgment out of you. from the early returns, does it look to be a smart move, picking ryan for vp? >> well, on your final point which i think is important, the spine of conviction in this campaign, i do think it's a smart choice on this first day of this rollout. what is mitt romney achieved just today? it's a very attractive picture of romney and ryan, you know, falls easily off the tongue. ryan
ryan of wisconsin as his running mate, the same paul ryan whose budget plan makes massive cuts in the social safety net, leaves defense alone and passes most of the savings to the wealthy. it's a pick that cements romney with the right, it gives his campaign the spring of enthusiasm, it desperately needs, and i believe a spine of conviction. this election will no longer be just about president obama. mitt romney has lashed himself to ryan's budget and his kandzsy may live or die based on...
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. >> paul ryan is cutting 716 for medicare. the exact same number in his budget which was passed by the republican house and the president never mentioned it. >> it does remind you that the last debate that mitt romney was seven months ago and the last debate that barack obama had was four years ago. and the people he's used to sparring with are reporters. >> how did he prepare? how did the president prepare for this? >> we got 45 minutes in before we got a ryan budget mentioned. mitt romney made the choice to put ryan on the ticket. when we look at where the polls started to separate before the convention, right around when ryan was put on the ticket. when do the numbers on medicare and the polling start to go upside down for the republicans? when ryan is put on the ticket. yet we get 45 minutes through the debate before paul ryan is mentioned. he's the incarnation of the modern republican party which will inherit the power that you give to mitt romney since they will be governing from the house most likely. that is the key th
. >> paul ryan is cutting 716 for medicare. the exact same number in his budget which was passed by the republican house and the president never mentioned it. >> it does remind you that the last debate that mitt romney was seven months ago and the last debate that barack obama had was four years ago. and the people he's used to sparring with are reporters. >> how did he prepare? how did the president prepare for this? >> we got 45 minutes in before we got a ryan budget...
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before paul ryan was picked, this debate was not going to matter. if they had picked rob portman who would have kbard biden-portman debate. now we have joe biden debating against paul ryan who is by most reasonable reckonings he is like the idea lodge, ballast of the romney ryan ticket. and the democrats, obama and biden are going to talk about ryan for the next two months. the only point of actual direct engagement with paul ryan will be that night on that debate stage. and will it change the election? who knows but a lot of people will pay attention to it. so the pressure on bidesen extraordinarily high which goes back to the original point of why they picked ryan. because now ryan at least has a shot of changing the dynamic a little bit in that debate. i don't think as john was saying that a portman-biden debate would have done that. >> rose: go ahead. >> no, no, i'm great. >> rose: all right. i want to make this point. there are a lot of people, in terms-- and they always ought to be made in politics t is what the people are going to vote say ra
before paul ryan was picked, this debate was not going to matter. if they had picked rob portman who would have kbard biden-portman debate. now we have joe biden debating against paul ryan who is by most reasonable reckonings he is like the idea lodge, ballast of the romney ryan ticket. and the democrats, obama and biden are going to talk about ryan for the next two months. the only point of actual direct engagement with paul ryan will be that night on that debate stage. and will it change the...
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paul ryan known as a numbers guy, just not when it comes to his own marathon time. the vice presidential contender and exercise enthusiast told a radio station last month he finished the grueling 26.2 race in under three hours. about 20 years ago. that is fast. but after some fact-checking it turns out it was more like four hours and one minute. ryan hoerks ran the race when he was 20, about 20 years ago, had some tough competition from other vice presidential nominees. according to runners world, both john edwards and sarah palin clocked faster times than the one posted by paul ryan. whoops. edwards ran the marathon in three hours, 30 minutes. sarah palin in three hours, 59 minutes. slow and steady may be the most steady way. >>> still ahead, why are you awake? [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less expensive option than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable legal protection. from your eyes, caus
paul ryan known as a numbers guy, just not when it comes to his own marathon time. the vice presidential contender and exercise enthusiast told a radio station last month he finished the grueling 26.2 race in under three hours. about 20 years ago. that is fast. but after some fact-checking it turns out it was more like four hours and one minute. ryan hoerks ran the race when he was 20, about 20 years ago, had some tough competition from other vice presidential nominees. according to runners...
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>> i thought that was a great answer from paul ryan. i thought it was deeply felt, it was sincere and i think it always pay for pro-life politicians to go right to the moral beliefs because i think most people will give someone a lot of leeway on that, and if you actually look at the breakdown of polls in terms of gender there is not a big gender gap in terms of who is pro-life and who is pro-choice. the gender gap is driven more by different attitudes women have actually on size of government, issues and government policy generally, and one thing i think was interesting in this -- after the presidential debate, you saw on some polls the gender gap closeup when romney didn't talk about women at all and when they obsessed over it in the convention to me that was a sign that women like all other voters are really judging on the most important and central issue in this campaign, and that is the economy, when romney was more credible on that and gained with everyone including women. >> rose: chuck todd, will fact checkers tomorrow morning l
>> i thought that was a great answer from paul ryan. i thought it was deeply felt, it was sincere and i think it always pay for pro-life politicians to go right to the moral beliefs because i think most people will give someone a lot of leeway on that, and if you actually look at the breakdown of polls in terms of gender there is not a big gender gap in terms of who is pro-life and who is pro-choice. the gender gap is driven more by different attitudes women have actually on size of...
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paul ryan. watching ryan introduce romney tonight and seeing how base republicans reacted to president obama targeting paul ryan today in that speech, i think there's going to be a lot of pressure on mitt romney to pick paul ryan. while that might leave some democrats giddy about it, that makes the base just as giddy for the republican party. could be a fascinating ticket preview that we got tonight. >> the romney/ryan ticket taking shape. joining us now is rachel maddow and steve schmidt, nbc political analy analyst. rachel, these republicans just talk right through your show and rick santorum seizes part of your show and romney seizes part of your show. do you have any unexpressed thoughts on tonight's proceedings? >> i have very many. >> that your audience would have heard if mitt romney didn't grab your microphone. >> thank you. you are very kind. the romney/ryan prospect is interesting. the democratic and particularly the liberal perspective on that is oh, please, go there. we had yourself
paul ryan. watching ryan introduce romney tonight and seeing how base republicans reacted to president obama targeting paul ryan today in that speech, i think there's going to be a lot of pressure on mitt romney to pick paul ryan. while that might leave some democrats giddy about it, that makes the base just as giddy for the republican party. could be a fascinating ticket preview that we got tonight. >> the romney/ryan ticket taking shape. joining us now is rachel maddow and steve...
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and paul ryan, by picking paul ryan, he didn't really do that much to juice up the enthusiasm the way that mccain did with sarah palin, at least initially. if you go back and think about the barack obama entrance into denver and how he stormed his way into there, he was not only captivating democrats, the whole country was just amazed and interested in barack obama. here, you really see the culmination of kind of a shotgun wedding that was financed by the super pacs that supported mitt romney. the delegates coming here, whether it's ron paul's tent, yes, let's be a tent, or others who are just kind of willing to settle for this guy. so no one's expecting a historic level of enthusiasm or excitement. i think that's going to be hard for mitt romney to get a lot of momentum, if any, out of this abbreviated convention. >> howard, no one's expecting the excitement will actually come to the rnc but they want it to, precisely because the party itself seems so fractured. i will say, has anybody who has ever seen a hurricane season, has lived through a hurricane season, choosing to have your c
and paul ryan, by picking paul ryan, he didn't really do that much to juice up the enthusiasm the way that mccain did with sarah palin, at least initially. if you go back and think about the barack obama entrance into denver and how he stormed his way into there, he was not only captivating democrats, the whole country was just amazed and interested in barack obama. here, you really see the culmination of kind of a shotgun wedding that was financed by the super pacs that supported mitt romney....
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let me show you how paul ryan responded. like his reckless pujts, today's speech by president obama is as revealing as it is disappointing. while others lead by real solutions, he has chosen to distort the truth and divide americans in order to distract from his failed record. his empty promises are quickly becoming broken promises -- and the american people will hold i am accountable for this violation of their trust. >> i would like to take you to the fact-filled presentation the president made today. what is lacking from congressman ryan and what is lacking from his budget are any of the statistics and facts and numbers and math to back up his promises. what we know is that in order to pay for substantial new tax cuts for the wealthy, the money has to come from somewhere, and it's going to come from non-discretionary funding only and from entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid. what it means is more tax cuts for the wealthy, and in order to pay for them, the middle class and seniors get stuck with the bill. what
let me show you how paul ryan responded. like his reckless pujts, today's speech by president obama is as revealing as it is disappointing. while others lead by real solutions, he has chosen to distort the truth and divide americans in order to distract from his failed record. his empty promises are quickly becoming broken promises -- and the american people will hold i am accountable for this violation of their trust. >> i would like to take you to the fact-filled presentation the...
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xo, paul ryan. or hey girl, got birth control? not for long. xo, paul ryan. or hey girl, i'm the last choice you'll ever be allowed to make, xo, paul ryan. or this one, hey girl, i'm from the 1970s, but my ideas about your body are from the 1950s. xoxo paul ryan. hey girl, you'll love my choices for your body. xoxo, paul ryan. the folks behind the new hey girl paul ryan website made themselves known at a campaign event for congressman ryan today in colorado. they made themselves known by way of an airplane trailing a banner behind it. they noticed it during the event and tweeted a photo of it. hard to read at this distance, but the banner towed behind the airplane says, hey girl, choose me, lose choice p. ryan. there's more to the paul ryan/ryan gosling mash up internet meme now. there's a twitter account registered to paul ryan gosling. his recent tweets include hey girl, you look so cute when you're losing your reproductive rights. hey girl, i would have voted for the fair pay act, but lilly ledbetter, i hardly know her. at the event in colorado, the same o
xo, paul ryan. or hey girl, got birth control? not for long. xo, paul ryan. or hey girl, i'm the last choice you'll ever be allowed to make, xo, paul ryan. or this one, hey girl, i'm from the 1970s, but my ideas about your body are from the 1950s. xoxo paul ryan. hey girl, you'll love my choices for your body. xoxo, paul ryan. the folks behind the new hey girl paul ryan website made themselves known at a campaign event for congressman ryan today in colorado. they made themselves known by way of...